Man, I am one of the first people to be down on 80s nostalgia porn, but for some reason, this show just does it for me. (I'm currently working on a paper about the first season.) That trailer was fantastic.

I'm already looking forward to the cold, dark October nights on which I'll be binge-watching this. The first season somehow scratched the Stephen King By Way Of Spielberg itch that I didn't even know I had. Really looking forward to more of it.

Personally I don't find anything this obviously calculated to hit certain notes to be "real." However, that doesn't mean it's bad. As I said at the time, for the most part Stranger Things worked as intended. I really enjoyed it. It's what Abrams tries to do, but done well. But it never for a second felt authentic.

Yeah, this show is a better Super 8. Does that mean it's good? Ehhhh...